Blake Gideon - Football Coach - Ole Miss Athletics

Blake Gideon

Title:
Assistant Coach/Special Teams Coordinator
Year at Ole Miss:
First
E-mail:
rebelfootball@olemiss.edu
Phone:
662-915-7890
Alma Mater:
Texas (2011)

Blake Gideon was announced as special teams coordinator at Ole Miss on Dec. 16, 2019 after spending the last season at Houston.

Gideon comes to Oxford after serving as the special teams coordinator and nicklebacks coach at Houston for one season. Houston was No. 1 in the country in both blocked punts (five) and blocked kicks (six). The Cougars led the American Athletic Conference in kick return defense (17.6) and net punting (43.6).

Under Gideon's guidance, punter Dane Roy was named a finalist for the 2019 Ray Guy Award. Roy ranks first in the AAC and is seventh nationally with a 46.9 yards per punt average. Roy's 46.9 yards per punt average in 2019 set a Houston single-season record.

Prior to Houston, Gideon was cornerbacks coach at Georgia State in 2018. He spent the previous two seasons on staff as the defensive backs coach and defensive passing game coordinator at Western Carolina. In 2017, Gideon helped coach a Western Carolina defense that ranked No. 15 nationally in passing yards per game allowed and No. 20 in pass efficiency defense.

Gideon began his coaching career as a defensive quality control assistant at Florida in 2014 before moving on to Auburn to serve as a defensive graduate assistant.

Gideon was a four-year starter at safety and two-time team captain at Texas, where he played under head coach Mack Brown and defensive coordinators Will Muschamp and Manny Diaz.

Gideon signed a free agent contract with the Arizona Cardinals following the 2012 NFL Draft. He was signed to the Denver Broncos practice squad in October 2012 and trained with the club until retiring in May 2013.

He graduated with a bachelors degree from Texas in 2011.